Summer is here and it's time to bring out the summer recipes. So I thought it would be fun to have a little summer contest. Share your easy, easy summer recipe incorporating some of the summer bounty we love. We'll pick a winner on July 14th (a lucky day for Sheila - it's her anniversary) Winner will receive this fun little summery bucket of trinkets. Okay, that's all there is to it, gang. Ready, set, create!

M&M's, a fun little Senaria tool to give you pretty feet, and a necklace and matching earrings. Gotta tell you, it's going to be hard staying out of those M & M's. They're my fav!

Wanton wanton's.
12 oz pkg small wanton wraps
2-4 tablespoons of EVOO (for frying)
1 small (or large if you like LARGE) container of whipping cream.
as many fresh seasonal berries as you like.
A large chunk of your favorite dark chocolate.
pinch of sea salt

heat oil in frying pan. Drop 1-2 wantons at a time, but watch them! They fry fast (don't ya hate fast?)...20-30 seconds per side. Flip for 10 seconds or until golden brown.
Place on paper towel & sprinkle w/sea salt. sprinkle!
heat chocolate in glass bowl in microwave for 30 sec. 2 a time until hot & creamy (see where this is going?).

chop up your berries..I love straw/rasp/blu all mixed up.

whip your cream (yeah...have fun with it) 'till fluffy. Add a bit of sugar if you like, but the salty/sweet from choc. & berries is a lot of flavor.

You will....well.....let's just say, light some candles, have a glass of white OR red wine with it...and prepare for any meal. These really are crazy good. A few wanton wanton's later & you'll be exhausted with pleasure! A nap will be in order. :)

Pick your favorite fruit-flavored yogurt. Add fresh fruit to match the yogurt flavor (strawberry, peach, raspberry, blueberry, etc.)along with banana slices. Top with a sprinkle of granola or other crunchy cereal such as Rice Krispies or Cheerios.

JOYE

6/23/2011 05:34:30 am

Easy Summer Dessert
With fresh strawberries (about 2-3 pints), pour a 1/4 C of Cointreau over them and refrigerate overnight. Before serving mash strawberries. Spoon a generous amount over a piece of Angel food cake. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream. yummy and easy

Debra

6/28/2011 09:59:17 am

We have a very easy recipe. We take fresh fruit and mix it with cool whip and then using stella d'orro cookies, we cut them in half and stuff them with the mixture. Very tasty.

Here's a different take on cole slaw. It's a slaw made with fruit.
Shred one each Golden Delicious apple, one Gala apple and one Honey Crisp apple.
Toss with orange or lemon juice and refrigerate while preparing the rest of the fruit.
Juilene the following:
One pear
One apricot
One cup strawberries
One cup pineapple
In a bowl large enough for the mixture, put one cup thick yogurt (I prefer the Greek vanilla yogurt), whisk in 2 TBSP brown sugar ( we used Splenda brown sugar) 1 TBSP ground cinnamon and 1/4 cup honey. Once the is well whisked toss the shredded apples and juilene fruit. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Before serving toss in one can drained mandarin oranges and blueberries.
It's cool and light during the summer heat!